Buttler kept the scoreboard moving, while Ravi Bopara, Chris Jordan and Tim Bresnan all struck sixes in cameo innings, before the torrential storm thwarted prospects of an intriguing finale.
Despite the heavy risks, the post-storm employment prospects were, to many impoverished workers, a welcome uptick in labor demand.
Among them is the staff ace, Scott Barnes, a hard-throwing junior left-hander who is considered the Red Storm's top prospect.
The garbage site proposal is already such an absurdity, why bother to bring in the heavy guns of hazardous waste, global warming, storm surges, the prospect of a river awash in toxic garbage?
But while Christie's career has survived that storm, Perry's prospects look cloudy.
Why is there a gathering storm of opposition to the prospect of Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador, becoming Secretary of State?
While there were predictions of winds of 100 miles per hour accompanying the storm, most menacing was the prospect of the enormous amounts of water that Isaac will be bringing ashore.
The storm has even introduced the prospect that the famous Jerry Seinfeld lament about car rentals — "You know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation" — could prove true for some travelers.
At home, though, Mr. Obama faces the prospect of a storm of protest from some quarters if he admits detainees the Bush administration labeled terrorists and barred from this country.
The Guardian spoke to three NGO workers in Haiti about the effects of the storm and the nation's prospects of dealing with the crisis.
Morning everyone - great day in prospect after a storming partnership between Marcus Trescothick and Graham Thorpe helped England towards 502-7 and an 18-run lead.
